Barcelona had the tough visit of Eintracht Frankfurt from the Bundesliga for matchday 6 of the Champions League and from the start the match was uphill for the Catalan team, who began losing the match with a goal by Ansgar Knauff in the 21st minute. However, the Blaugrana had to win the match at all costs, as in the previous matchday they suffered a 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.
However, in the second half they came out with high pressure to achieve the comeback in which they needed their top players such as Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Marcus Rashford to start opening up spaces and find Jules Kounde, who scored twice and managed to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory.
Lamine Yamal breaks new record in victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in Champions League
Lamine Yamal did not have the best night when they visited Chelsea in the previous Champions League matchday and today was fundamental in Hansi Flick’s scheme for Barcelona to achieve victory and start to climb the table. And as expected, he was decisive for the comeback against Eintracht Frankfurt and also managed to enter the history books of the Champions League.
The Spanish youth winger has overtaken Kylian Mbappe as the player aged 18 or under with the most goal involvements. The 14th involvement came with his assist for the comeback, after a cross to the far post where Kounde finished and so they took all three points. Yamal tops the list of players with many stars such as:
- Lamine Yamal – 14
- Kylian Mbappe – 13
- Raul – 7
- Jude Bellingham – 6
- Rodrygo – 6
- Theo Walcott – 6
- Bojan Krkic – 5
- Geovany Quenda
- Warren Zaïre-Emery – 5
- Cesc Fabregas – 4
- Ansu Fati – 4
- Patrick Kluivert – 4
- Obafemi Martins – 4
- Wayne Rooney – 4
- Erik Wahlstedt – 4
- Jack Wilshere – 4
What’s next for Lamine Yamal and FC Barcelona in the Champions League?
With this victory, Barcelona reached 10 points in the Champions League and is currently in 14th position in the table, awaiting the activity at the end of the sixth matchday
With two games remaining in the first phase of the Champions League, Barcelona and Lamine Yamal will visit SK Slavia Prague and then host FC Copenhagen, where they are in urgent need of points to avoid complicating their path to the knockout phase.
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